Luca Arena (1988) è nato il primo giorno di primavera alle 9:30. È daltonico da 34 anni e ogni giorno cerca di farsene una ragione. Ha studiato economia e marketing presso l’Università di Pisa e nel tempo libero si dedica a viaggi e reportage fotografici.
Molto legato al tema dei colori e alla loro percezione, ama fotografare contesti urbani e suburbani isolandoli dall’ambiente circostante.
Ha all’attivo diverse mostre personali e pubblicazioni online. Il lavoro Impersonalism: Tenerife è stato presentato al pubblico con una mostra personale presso lo Spazio 32 di La Spezia, luogo di riferimento culturale di Fondazione Carispezia, mentre il progetto Á means river | Ísland e il relativo libro omonimo è stato esposto al GATE 26A di Modena.
Predilige il grande formato di stampa, la carta a uso manifesto e i luoghi espositivi all’aperto, soprattutto se grigi e impersonali.
Luca Arena (1988) was born on the first day of spring at 9:30. He is color-blind since 34 years and every day he tries to get over it. He studied economics and marketing at the University of Pisa and during his free time he devotes himself to travel and photographic reports.
Very focused to the theme of colors and their perception, he loves to photograph urban and suburban contexts isolating them from the surrounding environment.
He has several solo exhibitions and online publications. The work Impersonalism: Tenerife was presented to the public with a personal exhibition at Spazio 32 in La Spezia, the cultural reference point of the Carispezia Foundation, while the project Á means river | Ísland and the homonym book was exhibited at GATE 26A in Modena.
He prefers large format printing, poster paper and open-air exhibition venues, especially if they are gray and impersonal.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 | Madeira (2020) | galleria Padula, Lerici, Italy w/Enrica D’Elia
2021 | Madeira manifesto | Lerici, Italy w/Enrica D’Elia
2021 | Piscina manifesto | Lerici, Italy
2019 | Isole manifesto | Lerici, Italy
2018 | GATE 26A | Á means river | Ísland | Modena, Italy
2017 | FourteenArTellaro | Sprawl / spazi abitativi | Tellaro, Italy
2017 | Spazio 32 | Impersonalism: Tenerife | La Spezia, Italy
2016 | Loggia dè banchi | SPRAWL | La Spezia, Italy
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 | OIOI Minimarket di editoria indipendente | Prato, Italy
2017 | VIII edizione Acmè | Á means river | Ísland | Sarzana, Italy
2017 | La Marguttiana di Amerigo | San Terenzo, Italy
2017 | Fotografia Europea 2017: Circuito OFF | Reggio Emilia, Italy
2016 | IDENTITIES – International Twin Photo Exhibitions | San Terenzo, Italy
2016 | VII edizione Acmè | Impersonalism: Tenerife | Sarzana, Italy
2016 | La Toscana in posa, paesaggi | Firenze, Italy
2015 | VI edizione Acmè | La Terra vista dal cielo | Sarzana, Italy
2015 | Mostra collettiva riduttiva 10×10 | Budapest 10×10 | Sarzana, Italy
2015 | SISM Pisa | Pisa, Italy
2013 | IV edizione Acmè | Finestre che danno sulla gente | Sarzana, Italy
2012 | III edizione Acmè | Dalla materia all’uomo, staticità e dinamismo | Sarzana, Italy
2011 | II edizione Acmè | Holland in ten days | Sarzana, Italy
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2020 | FREITAG | Zurich, Swiss | IG account – Online w/Enrica D’Elia
2019 | National Geographic Italia | Milan, Italy | Online
2019 | National Geographic Italia | Milan, Italy | Online
2018 | Creative Boom | Manchester, UK | Online
2018 | Objects. | Milan, Italy | Online
2018 | Positive Magazine | Venice, Italy | Online
2018 | Plain Magazine | New York, USA | Online
2018 | Artwort | Milan, Italy | Online
2018 | LANDSCAPE Stories | New York, USA | Online
2018 | National Geographic Italia | Milan, Italy | Online
2018 | Plain Magazine | New York, USA | Online
2018 | LetKiss Magazine | Paris, France | Online
2018 | Edge of Humanity Magazine | Florida, USA | Online
2017 | National Geographic Italia | Milan, Italy | Online
2017 | AWorkStation | Sacramento, USA | Online
2017 | Arteidolia | New York, USA | Online
2017 | Artwort | Milan, Italy | Online
2017 | loqueva | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Online
2017 | LANGWEILEDICHTEN | Berlin, Germany | Online
2017 | C&L | London, UK | Online
2017 | KALTBLUT. | Berlin, Germany | Online
2017 | Objects. | Milan, Italy | Online
2017 | Positive Magazine | Venice, Italy | Online
2017 | Musée Magazine | New York, USA | Online
2017 | Creative Boom | Manchester, UK | Online
2017 | C 41 Magazine | Milan, Italy | Online
2017 | Float Photo Magazine | New York, USA | Online
2017 | WE AND THE COLOR | Dresden, Germany | Online
2017 | Designboom | Milan, Italy | Online
2017 | Domus | Milan, Italy | Online
2017 | Design is Kinky | Sydney, Australia | Online
2017 | ARTRIBUNE | Rome, Italy | Online
2017 | Premio Treccani Web | Rome, Italy | Online
2017 | FREEYORK | Warsaw, Poland | Online
2017 | Fotografia Europea – Circuito OFF | Reggio Emilia, Italy | Online
2017 | The Mammoth’s Reflex | Reggio Emilia, Italy | Online
2017 | Creative Boom | Manchester, UK | Online
2017 | C 41 Magazine | Milan, Italy | Online
2017 | Artwort | Milan, Italy | Online
2017 | Fondazione Carispezia | La Spezia, Italy | Online
2016 | WE AND THE COLOR | Dresden, Germany | Online
2016 | Objects. | Milan, Italy | Online
2016 | Domus | Milan, Italy | Online
2016 | Totally Lost | Forlì, Italy | Online
2014 | Il Mitte | Quotidiano di Berlino per italofoni | Berlin, Germany | Online
